Jason Calacanis

“Scaling Your Startup ” is a special 10-episode TWiST series that will add jet fuel to your startup rocketship, as Jason shares what he’s learned as an early investor in 200+ startups and 7 unicorns (Uber, Thumbtack, Robinhood, Calm.com). Our second episode is “Communication,” as Jason, LAUNCH President Samantha August & LAUNCH Managing Director Ashley Whitehurst share essential tools, tips, and tactics for founders to most effectively communicate with investors, their team, and each other.

Jay talks about what he was doing at LinkedIn, how open-source projects work, Apache Kafka project, and how Confluent came about. Visit squarespace.com and enter offer code: “twist” to save 10% on your first purchase of a website or domain. 13:09 – Other projects utilizing the Apache Kafka and Confluent offering, challenges of managing global data, the reaction of venture community to open-source, and thoughts on Silicon Valley. 25:42 What will new technology and the ability to process large, real-time data unlock for humanity? 41:45

“Scaling Your Startup ” is a special 10-episode TWiST series that will add jet fuel to your startup rocketship, as Jason shares what he’s learned as an early investor in 200+ startups and 7 unicorns (Uber, Thumbtack, Robinhood, Calm.com). Our first episode is “Funding Your Company,” as Jason and LAUNCH Managing Directors Jason Demant and Ashley Whitehurst tell you what you need to know to raise the round right. Thanks to our partners, Eight Sleep and Zendesk for making this mini-series possible!

Joel talks about why he sold Trello to Atlassian, founding Stack Overflow, and Union Square Ventures. 11:33 – Anti-VC rhetoric and the power dynamic between investors and entrepreneurs. 17:07 – Conversation around the Q&A space: missteps/triangulation that made Stack Overflow what it is today, why so many companies in the Q&A space got it wrong, the messy middle for Stack Overflow. Explaining to investors the benefits of a past pivot, Joel’s future plans, and tactical skills that made a big impact.